DOVER — Students, faculty and parents are still sorting out the details and emotions after Wednesday’s suicide attempt in a school restroom.

Authorities were dispatched to the Dover Middle School on Wednesday morning after a student attempted suicide by hanging in a restroom, according to reports from the Dover Marshal’s Office.

Dover City Marshal Rodney Pfeifer said approximately three law enforcement agents arrived on the scene after receiving the call, including a Pope County Sheriff’s deputy. a Russellville police officer and himself. A parent of a Dover student also arrived at the scene with law enforcement agents, he said.

Pfeifer said Pope County Sheriff’s Deputy Steven Payton escorted the injured student’s parents to Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center. No other details of the incident are available from the Marshal’s Office or the Dover School District.

“School staff, in my opinion, did everything they could possibly do,” Pfeifer told The Courier on Friday morning. “They did it by the book. They responded promptly as soon as it happened and then made counselors available to students and staff.”

Benchmark exams were canceled Wednesday for seventh- and eighth-grade students in Dover and school administrators were careful to shield the identify of the student to protect a younger sibling who also attends school in Dover.

Pfeiffer said Dover Criminal Investigative Division (CID) and Pope County CID officers investigated the incident, and as of Friday, found no indications of foul play, nor was bullying found to be the cause of the attempted suicide.

“Bullying has not come up at all during our official investigation,” Pfeifer said. “I’ve only seen or heard it mentioned on TV. I’m sure the rumor mill will continue to spread various details and versions of what has happened, but I can only comment on official police business, and due to the nature of this case, this is all I can say at this time.”

A Little Rock television station reported Thursday night that some Dover students told them bullying is a problem in Dover schools.

The school district has a zero-tolerance policy regarding bullying. According to the district’s student handbook, students are encouraged to report behavior considered to be bullying immediately, and the first offense in middle and high school can result in a minimum three-day in-school suspension, with five weekly counseling sessions and the notification of parents.

“We take any claims of bullying seriously,” Dover Superintendent Jerry Owens said. “Each incidence that is reported is investigated and the appropriate actions are then taken. At Dover, we take educating our students seriously, and do our best to foster a safe environment for learning.”

A district spokesman said its primary obligation is to the student and protecting the privacy of the family.

“The Dover School District has had a tragic event,” Owens said. “At this time, all of our efforts, thoughts and prayers are with our student, family and the rest of the Dover students, faculty and staff’s well being.”

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